Lahore: The Central Shura of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) has strongly condemned India's escalating state terrorism in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and its systematic efforts to erase the region's Muslim identity. The party urged the government of Pakistan to convene a high-level emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad and to actively raise the Kashmir issue at the United Nations Security Council, utilizing Pakistan's position as a non-permanent member.
In a unanimous resolution adopted during the second day of the Central Shura meeting at Mansoorah, the JI expressed deep concern over the worsening human rights situation in occupied Kashmir, despite detailed reports by international organizations including Amnesty International and the UN Human Rights Council.
The resolution stated that Indian occupation forces, under the cover of draconian laws, have made the lives of Kashmiri Muslims unbearable.
Homes of Jamaat-e-Islami activists and other pro-freedom leaders are being demolished, while prominent Kashmiri leaders including Yasin
Malik, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Dr. Abdul Hamid Fayaz, Masarat Alam Butt, Asiya Andrabi, and dozens of other detainees - including women - are being subjected to inhuman treatment in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
The Shura also condemned the forced replacement of Urdu - the region's historical and official language since the Maharaja's era - with Hindi, the dismantling of local institutions, direct administrative control from Delhi, and attempts to demolish historic mosques by falsely declaring them temples.
Calling on the government to adopt a proactive diplomatic and political strategy, the resolution urged Pakistan to expose the RSS's anti-Muslim and inhumane agenda globally and to highlight the persecution of Muslims, Sikhs, Dalits, Christians, and other minorities in India. It further stressed the need to establish empowered, resourceful, and representative governance systems through transparent elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan to strengthen their role as true base camps of the Kashmir freedom movement.
Separately, the Central Shura adopted a unanimous resolution expressing grave concern over the deteriorating condition of farmers and the agricultural sector. The resolution noted that the fiscal year 2025 proved extremely difficult for farmers, with agricultural growth falling below 0.5 percent. It warned that Pakistan could face serious food security challenges in 2026.
According to agricultural data, wheat production declined by nearly 9 percent, while cotton output fell 31 percent short of the target. Despite production costs reaching Rs4,100 per maund, the government fixed the wheat support price at only Rs3,500 per maund after legal intervention.
The resolution highlighted that production costs have become unbearable due to a 200-300 percent increase in fertilizer prices, diesel exceeding Rs300 per liter, and soaring costs of seeds, pesticides, and electricity. Farmers are unable to recover even their basic expenses as market prices for major crops remain below production cost, while irrigation water shortages are worsening the crisis.
The Shura demanded immediate subsidies on fertilizer, seeds, agricultural medicines, electricity, and fuel, reduction in petroleum prices in the upcoming budget, fair and timely support prices for all major crops, emergency rehabilitation of the canal system, equitable water distribution, interest-free or low-interest agricultural loans, crop insurance schemes for disaster-hit farmers, increased funding for agricultural research and farmer training, and strict action against hoarders, profiteers, and middlemen mafias.